for those of us who aren't math majors, that comes out to a total profit of half a million dollars... baisicly break even. the x factor is, of course, that the expected playoff revenue would then push them over the break even mark and into the black.

if you invest in your product, the people will come, and it will pay for it's self. this is a concept sorely lacking by the likes of the milwaukee brewers, pittsburgh pirates, etc. etc.

and remember, the yankees are not paying the full 25 million per on that contract... the rangers are eating a HUGE chunk of a-rod's contract. the yankees will only be paying 15 mill a year for rodriguez. you're telling me there aren't other teams out there besides the yankees that could afford 15 per for the best player in baseball? the mets couldn't do that? the dodgers? the cubs, white sox, red sox, orioles? bull dinky

[zoo confessional] I read all the sports pages daily for any news from the Angels' camp in AZ and I look for the daily updates on the Yahoo Spring Training photo gallery. Any little nugget of information coming from halo camp gets me excited. Yes, I'm a sick, sick human being. [/zoo confessional]